We present draft genome sequences for three strains of Xanthomonas species,
each of which was associated with banana plants (Musa species) but is not closely related
to the previously sequenced banana-pathogen Xanthomonas ...

The bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum (Xcm) is the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW). This disease has devastated economies based on banana and plantain crops (Musa species) in East Africa. ...